“Food is one of my favourite things. Though I certainly know lots of people who happen to be happily married who don't have food play the role in it that it plays in my life. And I don't know how they do it, and frankly I feel so bad for them because I just love food and one of my favourite things is asking, "What do we want for dinner? What do we feel like eating?" That wonderful negotiation that goes on several times a week about what "we" feel like.” PeopleKnowsWantFeelsPlayHappensRolesKnow HowWonderfulWeekGoes OnEatingMarriedAskingDinnerFavouriteNegotiationFood LoveHappily MarriedFavourite Things Author:Nora Ephron
“Children whose curiosity survives parental discipline and who manage to grow up before they blow up are invited to join the Yale faculty. Within the university they go on asking their questions and trying to find the answers ... it is a place where the world's hostility to curiosity can be defied.” MenWorldTryingChildrenAgeGrowsAnswersGrowing UpGoes OnDisciplineAskingCuriosityUniversityBlowManageFacultyInvitedHostilityMonarchyParentalYale Author:Edmund Morgan
“For me, the fiction writer's job is to take the small, stupid process of learning to use an iPhone - and suddenly you're the guy who's asking your daughter, "When I go on Facebook, can it see me?"” UseJobsGuyProcessFictionStupidGoes OnDaughterAskingIphoneFiction WritersOur DaughterYour Daughter Author:George Saunders
“As your life goes on you should gain a deeper understanding of the world and the people moving through it; but that might be asking too much.” PeopleWorldShouldMightMovingUnderstandingToo MuchGoes OnGainsAskingDeeperLife Goes OnDeeper UnderstandingAsking Too Much Author:James Scott
“I'm determined, and I'm passionate and driven about whatever I commit myself to do. If I don't know something, I'm going to ask, and I've got no problems in asking questions. I never have. People ask me, "Are you nervous when you go on the runway? You don't look it." Yes, I am.” PeopleIfsKnowsLooksProblemAsksGoes OnAskingPassionateDeterminedDrivenCommitNervousAsk MeNo ProblemAsking QuestionsRunway Author:Naomi Campbell
“Trying to tell an authentic, raw and honest story without making it therapy. Separating myself enough to have perspective while putting myself in the emotional hot seat so that I could make this thing real. Asking for help. Delegating responsibility. Standing up for myself. Fighting the impulse to be sweet and likeable 24/7. Being open to all ideas, but staying true to the spine of the story. Knowing when to let go and when to hold on and fight like hell. Getting out of my own way. Shall I go on?” WayTryingIdeasRealEnoughHelpingStoriesFightingMy OwnResponsibilityHellKnowingHonestEmotionalSweetPerspectiveGoes OnLetting GoStandingHotAskingImpulseTherapySeatsStayingSpineStay TrueSeparatingLikeableAsking For Help Author:Jessie Kahnweiler
“The Bishop goes on to the human eye, asking rhetorically, and with the implication that there is no answer, 'How could an organ so complex evolve?' This is not an argument, it is simply an affirmation of incredulity.” HumansEyeReligionAnswersGoes OnArgumentAskingComplexesEvolveOrgansFaith In GodAffirmationImplicationsBishopsHuman EyesIncredulity Book:The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design Source: The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design